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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	17	30	22	76.5%	-26.7%
31	Manufacturing	55	262	133	376.4%	-49.2%
42	Wholesale Trade		42	49	0.0%	16.7%
44	Retail Trade	30	105	27	250.0%	-74.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			10	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	100	28	488.2%	-72.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	45	44	34	-2.2%	-22.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	14	16	16	14.3%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		18		0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	35	38	34	8.6%	-10.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	18	16	16	-11.1%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		13	12	0.0%	-7.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		18		0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	25	36	26	44.0%	-27.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		15	15	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	72	354	167	391.7%	-52.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	14	27	15	92.9%	-44.4%
990000	Unknown	26	95	39	265.4%	-58.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	19	39	26	105.3%	-33.3%
	12 years	121	379	197	213.2%	-48.0%
	13-15 years	80	195	112	143.8%	-42.6%
	Over 15 years	20	43	26	115.0%	-39.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	122	381	211	212.3%	-44.6%
	Female	118	275	151	133.1%	-45.1%
Age
	Under age 22		19		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	39	82	56	110.3%	-31.7%
	Age 30 to 39	43	152	113	253.5%	-25.7%
	Age 40 to 49	49	170	86	246.9%	-49.4%
	Age 50 to 59	58	136	56	134.5%	-58.8%
	Age 60 to 64	23	72	27	213.0%	-62.5%
	Age 65 and over	19	22	12	15.8%	-45.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	211	568	296	169.2%	-47.9%
	Black or African American,		13	17	0.0%	30.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	13	55	45	323.1%	-18.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	204	540	271	164.7%	-49.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	20	45	54	125.0%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	71	37	343.8%	-47.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
	Kittson County		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	18	50	38	177.8%	-24.0%
	Norman County	10	15		50.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	49	112	39	128.6%	-65.2%
	Polk County	57	83	63	45.6%	-24.1%
	Red Lake County	22	25	17	13.6%	-32.0%
	Roseau County	77	360	193	367.5%	-46.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

July 2025

EDR 1 - Northwest